And john elliott



JOHN s. CASEMENT, en -CLEVELAND, OHIQAND JoHN ELLIorro'r Eins, PENNSYLVANIA. f

Letters .Patent No. 87,542, dated March 9, 1869.

RAILWAY' @RAVEL-ernennen..

The Bchedruirefen'e to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

j Beit known that we, JoHN' S. OAsnMsNT, of Oleveland, in the countyot Cuyahoga, and State of.Ohio,

and JOHN ELLIOTT, of Erie, in the county of Erie', and

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and limproved Machine for Spreading Graveh'and levelling of ballast on the graded surface ofa second-railroad-track and we hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference '-being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon. y

The invention consists in the construction of the maf chine which spreads the gravel, and its attachment to a common platform-car, which is drawn upon the track of arailroad by a locomotive.y

.A represents the platform-oar standing upon the track already laid.

B, B', and B, represent the frame upon 'the car, and to which the spreader'- is attached. f

O is thefmain uprigl stand d of the i'ame `of the spreader, and is hinged topost B bythe hinges D D.

- D D are hinges, which connect the standard of the spreader with post vB, and allow. the spreader tov be ldjilisted to any' desired angleorwidth of wing at its E is the' frame of the spreader, and is plated on the outside-with a metal plate, 14, platesteel being preferablefor the purpose.

' a ct a are strengthening-braces, placed at a proper anglebetween the frame of the spreader andthe sills of the car, which can be longer or shorter, in order to adjust the heel of't-he spreader to the desired width to which theV gravel is to b e spread, and which can'be determined by the bar c, which Ais pivoted to the top of the car A, as shown at c, and can be adjusted toV dill ferent width of wing by means of the pin d, passing through a series of graduated holes in bar c ,and into post b of the spreader-frame. Y

is an iron brace', passing from the top of the standard O to post b ofthe spreader, and' serves 'to keep the heel of the spreader iirinly in its proper relative position.

The spreader is gradnatdiu height by means of' lever G, which is pivoted to post B on the car, andto standard C of thespreader, and when thrown down, as shown in red lines in fig-2, the spreader will e raised, freely slididg on hinges D D, for that purpose, and in connection with the bar c, bolt d, and different 'bolt-holes iupost b AllVhenever the spreader is to be closed, or swung around to the car, the braces a a a are removed, and disengaged/from post b, by drawing bolt d,'when the bar c and spreader E are swung around to the car, as seen in red lines, tig. 1. '0 is a heavy weight, of any substance, placed upon the car, to prevent the tendency ofthe carto be thrown.

-from the track by the pressure of the spreader upon thecar, when forcing the gravel at an inclination to such track, and should be heavy enough to insure safety at all times.

This machine has been found to be valuable in prac-' tice, doing the work of scores of meu in spreading and grading the gravel upon a second track of a railroad, for the gravel lies in heups, as'1eff, by being dumped along the side' of the track.

When the spreader is brought Ain operation toact upon lthe gravel, the oblique position'ot' the scraper or spreader moves the gravel forwardaud outward from f the track, and at the same time levelling the gravel to the proper grade, ready for putting down the ties of the second or new track.

The simplicity o t' construction, and `application to thepuiposes designed,"togetlier with its adaptability to be operated by the means described, to wit, attach- 4ing it to la car, and that car propelled by a locomotiveengine, both already at hand, and on the track, makesit 'an invaluable machine for the purposes intended.4

Having thusl describedl our invention,

\Vhat we claim as ourmventlon, and desireto se cure by Letters Patent,.is-

1. The gravel-spreaderE,'when constructed, ar-

ranged, and adapted to beA connected to a platform or other car, and to operate in the manner and by the 'means substantially as described.

2. -Adjusting the spreader E to different widthsof grade, by means of the braces a. a a and bar c, having pin-holes, post b, and pin d, substantially asset forth.

3. Adjusting the spreader E to diiferent heights of grade, by means of lever G, standard C, and hinges D D, substantially in the manner described.

- J. S. (BASEMENT. J. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

WiLLIAM ABBEY,

It. A: DAVrnsoN. 

